Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 783 › Conversation 783-021
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications
Tuesday, September 19, 1972 · 3:10 PM–3:12 PM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This exchange served purely as a routine logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions were recorded during this brief communication.
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NARA Description
On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 783-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 783-21 Date: September 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 30-7]
Also recorded on September 19, 1972
- 030-007 3:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:12 pm.
- 357-006 3:10 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Zosimo T. Monzon, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:10 pm.
- 783-022 3:10 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:12 pm.
- 030-008 3:12 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 783-023 3:12 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:12 pm to 3:13 pm.
- 783-024 3:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:13 pm and 3:23 pm.
- 783-025 3:27 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:27 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 783-026 3:42 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William E. Timmons, Henry A. Kissinger, John B. Connally, Clark MacGregor, George E. Christian, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:42 pm to 5:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 783-021, September 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/783-021 (accessed October 1, 2026).